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reneemargaret
reneemargaret		 500 Years of Printing in Scotland
Jul 2 2008, 7:00 AM EDT
http://www.500yearsofprinting.org/

2008 - Year of the Printed Word
Welcome to the celebrations of 500 years of Scottish print culture.

Friday 4 April 2008 was the 500th anniversary of the printing of The Complaint of the Black Knight by Chepman and Myllar in Edinburgh. It was marked by the unveiling of a commemorative plaque.

In September 1507 King James IV granted a patent to Androw Myllar and Walter Chepman authorising them to set up a printing press in Edinburgh. The earliest known dated output from their press ('The Complaint of the Black Knight') is dated 4th April 1508.

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